Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Has Conan never told this girl about his own life?

Sano couldn't think of an answer, nor did he have time to think of one.

After kicking the car window, Sano grabbed Ai Haibara and jumped out of the car, which startled Conan, who had just discovered that Ai Haibara was still in the car and was running back.

Then, without any further communication, he turned around and ran back.

Not far away, Sato Miwako, who had somehow appeared behind the bus, was frantically shouting for other pedestrians on the road to scatter—"Boom!!!"

Flames burst from the car windows, and the powerful shockwave knocked many people who hadn't managed to get far to the ground.

After the aftershocks of the explosion subsided, Sato Miwako began asking if anyone was injured. Conan then discovered that Kurosawa and Haibara Ai were nowhere to be found.

Where are they?

Damn, it's one thing for that guy to just suddenly disappear.

How come my teammates also suddenly disappeared?

While Conan was feeling down, Sano had already led the fake little girl to the alley on the next street.

...It wasn't that Sano wanted to abduct Ai Haibara, but rather that this fake loli made him leave immediately after the climax of the explosion.

"Thank you, thank you."

Only then did Ai Haibara's complexion improve considerably. After sitting down against the wall, she thanked Sano.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? What are you afraid of?"

Sano, too lazy to think too much, directly asked Ai Haibara... Judging from the fake loli's behavior, it didn't seem like she was afraid of his surname, which was borrowed and modified from something else.

"……nothing."

Although Ai Haibara almost mistook Sano for someone from the organization when she first saw him in his black suit, he had saved her at that time, and no matter how you looked at it, he didn't seem like someone from the organization... Otherwise, she would have killed him the moment she discovered his identity.

Why waste energy rescuing them only to kill them later?

Especially after arriving here and the radar became ineffective, Ai Haibara became even more certain.

The other party is no longer a member of the organization.

...As for the surname "Kurosawa," Ai Haibara was too busy trembling when Conan called it to pay attention to such trivial matters.

Therefore, Ai Haibara didn't even know that the person in front of her was the one who had taken down two... three robbers. To put it more dramatically...

Ai Haibara didn't even quite understand why the car had been hijacked.

The point is, you can't leak the organization's secrets to innocent bystanders.

However, Sano was naturally unwilling to accept this.

Please, this looks like there's some gossip to hear, how could Sano not be interested?

Sano crouched down, and even so, he still couldn't look directly at Ai Haibara, who was sitting down, but at least their eyes were very close together.

The sense of oppression immediately increased.

Chapter 374, 373: Gin Blocks the Door

"You seem to have misunderstood something. When I asked you what you were afraid of, it wasn't because I was concerned about you."

"Instead, they are demanding information from you, and depending on the situation, it could even turn into torture."

"If I put it that way, you should be able to understand, right?"

"……what?"

Faced with the sudden change in attitude from the person in front of her, Ai Haibara was stunned at first, and then she realized the special nature of the other person's choice of words.

intelligence?

Let's leave other things aside for now.

Would anyone normally use such a word when talking to a child?

Unless... this person knows they are not a child?

In an instant, Ai Haibara tensed up again, and Sano, who had been observing her reactions the whole time, finally confirmed the "abnormality" and asked.

"Hey, you don't actually know who I am, do you?"

...Should I know who the other person is?

Ai Haibara hesitated again, and seeing this, Sano didn't bother to delay any longer and introduced himself: "My name is Kurosawa, you can also call me Black Mask."

Black Mask?

Kurosawa?

Ok?

Um? ?

Ok? ? ?

Ai Haibara's expression froze instantly. Compared to the shock of "Black Mask," she, who knew Gin's real name and could no longer sense the organization's presence, paid less attention to the word "Kurosawa."

Naturally, it should be higher.

What's wrong with this guy?

Kurosawa and Kurosawa Jin, between the two... wait, isn't Black Mask supposed to be at odds with Gin? It can't be some kind of family feud, right?

What the hell is all this?

Her thoughts gradually became chaotic and tangled. Ai Haibara shook her head and focused on the present situation—the only thing she was certain of at the moment was that the black-masked man in front of her, who had saved her at the Beika Hotel and had seen her grown-up self, had probably already recognized her shrunken self.

In this case, regardless of the other party's true stance, it seems that Ai Haibara now has no other choice.

So, Sano and Ai Haibara then had a conversation.

The latter understood that Sano, or rather Kurosawa, had already had contact with Conan... although that contact was extremely superficial.

The former learned about Ai Haibara's radar mechanism, which was very much in line with Conan's style but not perfect, and at the same time, another problem emerged, namely...

Who exactly are the members of the organization on the bus?

Sano's first thought was of those three guys, especially the one in the knitted hat. If that's the case, then that guy was deliberately pretending not to know him, or rather, not to know Rye.

And is Judy also part of the organization?

But what's so special about keeping an eye on an ordinary school doctor?

If Shinichiro is not an ordinary school doctor, then there must be something else behind his apparent identity, which would actually increase suspicion against him.

...Hmm, it's a bit messy.

While Sano was subconsciously thinking, Ai Haibara waited until he came to his senses before tentatively asking, "Um, what kind of grudge do you have with Gin? And is your surname really Kurosawa?"

Sano glanced at Ai Haibara: "What's it to you?"

Ai Haibara: "..."

Tsk, this indifferent attitude always reminds me of some annoying guy.

"Alright, I'm not going to argue with you anymore. Go home by yourself. I don't think you're acting like a primary school student who needs me to take him home, right?"

Before leaving, Sano took the opportunity to mock Ai Haibara, which made the fake loli's face even darker.

After resolving the incident, Sano didn't go home immediately. Instead, he put on a casual hat and booked a room outside... This shows his extreme caution, which doesn't allow for the slightest mistake!

Then Sano slept until the next day.

Then I discovered... that I had ninety-nine missed calls on my phone.

Yes, all of them were calls from Gin.

...Is this guy a complete lunatic? Is this how you harass someone?

Sano frowned in disbelief. For Gin, a model employee, not working to boost the organization's performance but instead making endless phone calls that never went through seemed a bit out of character.

But thankfully I slept like a log yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to sleep at all.

While feeling moved, Sano was also somewhat smug.

Sano had planned to get up, wash up, go to the bathroom, and then return Gin's call, but the call came again as soon as he sat up.

Hmm, it's Gin again.

...What's going on with this guy? Did he spend the whole night making this call?

Sano blinked speechlessly, but finally pressed the answer button.

"Hey?"

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, as if they hadn't expected to get through this time.

"...Where are you now?"

"Me? I just arrived in Japan, what's up?"

Sano went to the bathroom to brush his teeth.

"What happened yesterday? I heard you confessed to the FBI?"

Upon hearing Gin's question, Sano finally realized why the other party was in such a hurry to call him. But before he could respond, a familiar voice faintly came through the phone again—it was the little girl next door.

...Damn, Gin is downstairs in my building?

Damn it, are they blocking the entrance directly?

Taken aback, Sano quickly asked.

Gin, however, stated that although he was indeed downstairs at Sano's house, he was not exposed to passersby, and the car he was in was not even his own.

"So you can rest assured that I will not expose your true identity. Now, can you explain what exactly happened yesterday?"

Hearing this, Sano didn't say anything more... including about yesterday's events.

He simply stated that he would challenge the FBI, which was entirely aimed at Shuichi Akai.

But that guy didn't show up.

Therefore, Sano lost interest and ended the meeting directly.

Gin fell silent in response to Sano's simple and clear explanation... This still didn't explain how he survived such a powerful explosion at such close range.